Psalm 23–24

A David Psalm

^1–323God, my shepherd!

I don’t need a thing.

You have bedded me down in lush meadows,

you find me quiet pools to drink from.

True to your word,

you let me catch my breath

and send me in the right direction.

⁴Even when the way goes through

Death Valley,

I’m not afraid

when you walk at my side.

Your trusty shepherd’s crook

makes me feel secure.

⁵You serve me a six-course dinner

right in front of my enemies.

You revive my drooping head;

my cup brims with blessing.

⁶Your beauty and love chase after me

every day of my life.

I’m back home in the house of God

for the rest of my life.

A David Psalm

^1–224God claims Earth and everything in it,

God claims World and all who live on it.

He built it on Ocean foundations,

laid it out on River girders.

^3–4Who can climb Mount God?

Who can scale the holy north-face?

Only the clean-handed,

only the pure-hearted;

Men who won’t cheat,

women who won’t seduce.

^5–6God is at their side;

with God’s help they make it.

This, Jacob, is what happens

to God-seekers, God-questers.

⁷Wake up, you sleepyhead city!

Wake up, you sleepyhead people!

King-Glory is ready to enter.

⁸Who is this King-Glory?

God, armed

and battle-ready.

⁹Wake up, you sleepyhead city!

Wake up, you sleepyhead people!

King-Glory is ready to enter.

¹⁰Who is this King-Glory?

God-of-the-Angel-Armies:

he is King-Glory.